Category : The Moon

Full Moon in May

Posted on: May 30, 2007 /
Categories: The Moon

At last I managed to get outside last night, after what seems like weeks of constant rain and cloudy skies. I managed to take some more photos of the full moon, my first visible in my telescope. I was amazed at the sharpness and crispness of the view of the moon through my Meade Bresser

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Shooting the Moon 22/05/2007

Posted on: May 24, 2007 /
Categories: The Moon

I am trying to conquer taking pictures of the moon first. I have tried taking pictures using my Canon IXUS 500 by just positioning the camera up against the lens of the telescope. I have also tried using my 2 megapixel Nokia mobile with a little less success. But hey it’s a cheap way of

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Shooting The Moon 20/05/2007

Posted on: May 23, 2007 /
Categories: The Moon

These are my first ever photos of the moon, which appears to be in one of it’s early phases. What an amazing site, seeing the moon for the first time up close from your own telescope. The clarity of the moon in the eyepiece is very good. I could stare at it for ages and

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